Top US Billboard 200 Albums - Year-end 1990

The best selling album in 1990 in United States was RHYTHM NATION 1814 by JANET JACKSON.

RankArtistAlbumReleased
1 JANET JACKSON RHYTHM NATION 1814 1989
2 PHIL COLLINS BUT SERIOUSLY 1989
3 MICHAEL BOLTON SOUL PROVIDER 1989
4 AEROSMITH PUMP 1989
5 MC HAMMER PLEASE HAMMER DON'T HURT 'EM 1990
6 PAULA ABDUL FOREVER YOUR GIRL 1988
7 MOTLEY CRUE DR. FEELGOOD 1989
8 DON HENLEY THE END OF THE INNOCENCE 1989
9 THE B-52'S COSMIC THING 1989
10 BILLY JOEL STORM FRONT 1989
11 MILLI VANILLI GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE 1989
12 BELL BIV DEVOE POISON 1990
13 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK HANGIN' TOUGH 1988
14 LINDA RONSTADT CRY LIKE A RAINSTORM HOWL LIKE THE WIND 1989
15 WILSON PHILLIPS WILSON PHILLIPS 1990
16 BONNIE RAITT NICK OF TIME 1989
17 DEPECHE MODE VIOLATOR 1990
18 SOUNDTRACK PRETTY WOMAN 1990
19 SINEAD O'CONNOR I DO NOT WANT WHAT I HAVEN'T GOT 1990
20 TAYLOR DAYNE CAN'T FIGHT FATE 1989
21 BABYFACE TENDER LOVER 1989
22 TOM PETTY FULL MOON FEVER 1989
23 SLAUGHTER STICK IT TO YA 1990
24 ERIC CLAPTON JOURNEYMAN 1989
25 YOUNG M.C. STONE COLD RHYMIN' 1989
26 HEART BRIGADE 1990
27 GLORIA ESTEFAN CUTS BOTH WAYS 1989
28 LISA STANSFIELD AFFECTION 1989
29 JOHNNY GILL JOHNNY GILL 1990
30 2 LIVE CREW AS NASTY AS THEY WANNA BE 1989
31 QUINCY JONES BACK ON THE BLOCK 1989
32 MARIAH CAREY MARIAH CAREY 1990
33 TECHNOTRONIC PUMP UP THE JAM 1989
34 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK STEP BY STEP 1990
35 KENNY G KENNY G LIVE 1989
36 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK 1986
37 RICHARD MARX REPEAT OFFENDER 1989
38 SKID ROW SKID ROW 1989
39 ALANNAH MYLES ALANNAH MYLES 1980
40 LUTHER VANDROSS THE BEST OF LUTHER VANDROSS - THE BEST OF LOVE 1989
41 FAITH NO MORE THE REAL THING 1989
42 MADONNA I'M BREATHLESS (SOUNDTRACK) 1990
43 CHER HEART OF STONE 1989
44 WHITESNAKE SLIP OF THE TONGUE 1989
45 ROXETTE LOOK SHARP! 1988
46 BOBBY BROWN DANCE! ... YA KNOW IT! 1989
47 KEITH SWEAT I'LL GIVE ALL MY LOVE TO YOU 1990
48 SOUL II SOUL CLUB CLASSICS VOL 1 / KEEP ON MOVIN' 1989
49 BILLY IDOL CHARMED LIFE 1990
50 THE ROLLING STONES STEEL WHEELS 1989
51 POISON FLESH & BLOOD 1990
52 CLINT BLACK KILLIN' TIME 1989
53 EN VOGUE BORN TO SING 1990
54 PAULA ABDUL SHUT UP AND DANCE (THE DANCE MIXES) 1990
55 SOUNDTRACK THE LITTLE MERMAID 1989
56 ANITA BAKER COMPOSITIONS 1990
57 DIGITAL UNDERGROUND SEX PACKETS 1990
58 KENTUCKY HEADHUNTERS PICKIN' ON NASHVILLE 1989
59 BASIA LONDON WARSAW NEW YORK 1990
60 PUBLIC ENEMY FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET 1990
61 BAD ENGLISH BAD ENGLISH 1989
62 JOE SATRIANI FLYING IN A BLUE DREAM 1989
63 DAMN YANKEES DAMN YANKEES 1990
64 AFTER 7 AFTER 7 1989
65 JON BON JOVI BLAZE OF GLORY 1990
66 TEARS FOR FEARS THE SEEDS OF LOVE 1989
67 MIDNIGHT OIL BLUE SKY MINING 1990
68 ALICE COOPER TRASH 1989
69 ELTON JOHN SLEEPING WITH THE PAST 1989
70 TESLA THE GREAT RADIO CONTROVERSY 1989
71 ROBERT PLANT MANIC NIRVANA 1990
72 SEDUCTION NOTHING MATTERS WITHOUT LOVE 1989
73 TRACY CHAPMAN CROSSROADS 1989
74 BETTE MIDLER BEACHES (SOUNDTRACK) 1988
75 SOUNDTRACK TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 1990
76 NELSON AFTER THE RAIN 1990
77 MICHAEL PENN MARCH 1990
78 STEVE VAI PASSION AND WARFARE 1990
79 RUSH PRESTO 1989
80 SNAP WORLD POWER 1990
81 ROD STEWART DOWNTOWN TRAIN - SELECSTIONS FROM STORYTELLER ANTHOLOGY 1990
82 ICE CUBE AMERIKKKA'S MOST WANTED 1990
83 JEFF HEALEY BAND HELL TO PAY 1990
84 WINGER IN THE HEART OF THE YOUNG 1990
85 TONY! TONI! TONE! THE REVIVAL 1990
86 THE BLACK CROWES SHAKE YOUR MONEY MAKER 1990
87 MICHEL'LE MICHEL'LE 1989
88 WARRANT DIRTY ROTTEN FILTHY STINKING RICH 1989
89 MELISSA ETHERIDGE BRAVE AND CRAZY 1989
90 KISS HOT IN THE SHADE 1989
91 FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS THE RAW & THE COOKED 1989
92 HEAVY D & THE BOYZ BIG TYME 1989
93 THE SMITHEREENS SMITHEREENS 11 1989
94 MADONNA LIKE A PRAYER 1989
95 BRUCE HORNSBY A NIGHT ON THE TOWN 1990
96 SOUNDTRACK GHOST 1990
97 VAN MORRISON THE BEST OF VAN MORRISON 1990
98 GARTH BROOKS GARTH BROOKS 1989
99 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS 1989
100 GEORGE MICHAEL LISTEN WITHOUT PREJUDICE VOL.1 1990

Source: Billboard